"Something isn't quite right."
Doctor Strange murmured as he arrived back on Earth-616.
"What isn't right?"
Hearing Doctor Strange say that, Earth-616's Iron Man warily raised both hands, and his armor's repulsor cannons charged automatically.
"The universe's parameters... there's been some disturbance. Something must have happened in this universe shortly after I left."
As the strongest currently serving Sorcerer Supreme in the Multiverse, Earth-616's Doctor Strange could hardly have missed the residual fluctuations from the Creator triggering a singularity and Adam nearly ascending to a higher form of existence.
"Really? I thought you'd spotted enemies approaching."
Iron Man lowered his hands. He hadn't recorded the Cancerverse's previous parameters, so naturally he couldn't tell the difference. He trusted Doctor Strange's abilities, but they had come to resolve the problems here, not join a potential war in this universe.
Seeing Iron Man lower his guard, Doctor Strange's lips suddenly turned downward. "I wouldn't recommend dropping your guard. The enemy is already here."
A tiny speck rapidly approached from the distant horizon, tearing through the air as a low roar reached everyone's ears.
"Is that... Hulk? Scatter!"
Iron Man's armor picked up the approaching figure and quickly magnified its features. A green giant with two devil ram horns on his head was plummeting toward them, his mouth gaping wide to reveal rows of sharp teeth.
At Iron Man's warning, the heroes scattered. Their own universe had a Hulk, so they knew exactly how much destruction a monster with such immense strength could cause by crashing down from the sky.
Demon Hulk had begun leaping toward them the moment they entered the Cancerverse. Mar-Vell, the Eye Demon's emissary, still hadn't captured Thanos and had grown extraordinarily furious. He had gathered a large group of corrupted heroes and villains and personally set out into Deep